The Gentleman's safe house

The Gentleman's safe house
General Information
Type	Safe house carved into a banyan tree
Floors	1
Occupant Information
Owner(s)	The Gentleman
Location Information
Plane	Material Plane (Exandria)
Continent	Wildemount
Region	Labenda Swamp

This safe house and storage facility was located somewhere north of Berleben in the Labenda Swamp, near the banks of the Ounterloch. The Gentleman used this facility for hiding and storing assets.

Layout

Exterior

The safe house was located in a banyan tree in an open clearing. Thick patches of vines and roots descended into a circular space that was awash with waist-high swamp water and general bog rot floating over the surface for about a thirty to forty foot radius. The roots rose up and merged at different places where the tree itself began to expand about ten feet up.

Below the water was thick sediment, muck, and the bones of wayward creatures that had been left to rot. Toads, tadpoles, and other small slithering natural creatures lived in the area.

The safe house had an old, weathered teal bandanna ten feet up tied around one of the branches. Leading into the tree was a four-foot carved hollow covered by a piece of weathered driftwood.

Interior

Inside of the tree was a carved chamber about 30 feet wide and 12 feet tall with roots dangling from the top. It was well-cleared and smelled of marsh water and lamp oil. There were two hooks jammed into the wall that carried the top part of an oil lantern that had been shattered against the wall. The metal was bent and there was some soaked lamp oil that had hit the ground on the wall nearby and added its smell to the room. The floor was soggy with moss and bits of sand and gravel as well as the occasional heavy root that broke through the surface of the soft floor. There were some pieces of broken wood slats, but other than that, the chamber was empty.

History

"The Gentleman's Path" (2x19)

The hideout was a useful place to lose things or people, until they need to be found. The gentlemen was worried that no shipments had made their way south. After sending Horris Thrym up to Berleben, it was discovered that the safe house and storage facility in the swamp has gone dark. Men went to investigate and never returned.

"Stalker in the Swamp" (2x21)

When the Mighty Nein stumbled upon the safe house they found scattered splashes of blood inside across areas of the walls. They were dried to the point but not completely black and disintegrated. There were gashes across it, that looked as if there had been a fight and scuffle. The soft ground had signs of turbulent movement as well as a number of smeared grooves in the ground that snaked and spiraled about.

In the far north corner of the chamber, where some of the roots gathered and came down, there was a hole about two and a half feet wide that descended below the tree into a subterranean tunnel. There was a little bit of damp water and moisture that seeped into the chamber from the hole by just being near the swamp.

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